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CALGARY, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - SemBioSys Genetics Inc. (TSX:SBS), a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of therapeutic proteins for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it is eligible to proceed with its planned Phase I/II human clinical trial of plant-produced insulin now that the 30-day review period of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application has passed. SemBioSys submitted the application in July to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has now completed its review of the file. As previously announced, SemBioSys intends to conduct the Phase I/II insulin trial in Europe. Prior to proceeding with the planned trial in the United Kingdom, the company's Clinical Trial Application (CTA) must be reviewed by the appropriate European regulatory authorities.
"The company continues to achieve its insulin development milestones on time. Our recent accomplishments confirm our confidence in our regulatory and development strategy using plants as a low-cost production host for insulin. Plant-produced human recombinant insulin represents a major step forward in insulin production. We believe, furthermore, that these upcoming studies could prove to be the greatest achievement in insulin production since the advent of recombinant human insulin in the early 80's," said Andrew Baum, president and chief executive officer of SemBioSys. "The purpose of filing an IND in the U.S., even though we intend to conduct the trial in Europe, is to ensure that we can pursue U.S. and European regulatory approval of our plant-produced insulin contemporaneously. Conducting the planned insulin trial in Europe allows us to establish the bioequivalence of our safflower-produced insulin to commercially available insulin products from both the U.S. and Europe in a single trial."
SemBioSys plans to initiate a Phase I/II human trial of its
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